DR has won all its 4 games in the Pan Am Volleyball Cup

The Dominican national women’s volleyball team continues to show its world class during the Pan Am Cup taking place in Lima, Peru. On Tuesday, 20 June 2017, the Dominican team won its fourth straight set victory 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-20) over Cuba, one of the favorites to win the Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup by Movistar.

Norceca reported that once again the Martinez sisters –Brayelin and Jineiry– led the offensive path for the tournament defending Dominican squad with 13 and 11 points, respectively, while the veterans Bethania De la Cuz and Gina Mambru each contributing 9 points to the victory and Annerys Vargas added eight. Heidy Casanova led Cuba with 14 points in the loss.

The Dominicans have a 4-0 win-loss record with the maximum 20 points after winning all their matches in consecutive sets. Cuba dropped to a 2-2 mark.

In Wednesday’s fifth and final day of action, the Dominicans meet Peru while Cuba faces Trinidad & Tobago.
Marcos Kwiek, coach of Dominican Republic observed: “We were favorites to win the match but the girls took it very seriously and I am very glad about that. We had to battle against a very promising young Cuban team with some very tall players.”